USD/CHF rebounds from the cushion of 0.9600, spotlight is on US NFP

USD/CHF has picked bids around 0.9600 after a healthy correction.
The DXY surrendered gains after the release of the upbeat US ISM Services data.
This week, the release of the US NFP will be the key event for the FX domain.

Sagar Dua FXStreet

The USD/CHF pair has attempted a rebound after a corrective action towards the critical support of 0.9600. The asset is likely to display a sideways move for a while, however, the upside will remain favored as the Swiss Consumer Price Index (CPI) remained flat at 3.4%.

Investors were expecting an improvement in Swiss CPI to 3.5%, however, the data remained unchanged at 3.4%. Well, this doesn’t trim the odds of a rate hike by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) ahead, but hawkish guidance will get hurt badly.

Meanwhile, the US dollar index (DXY) surrendered its entire Wednesday’s gains after Wall Street capitalized on the upbeat US Institute of Supply Management (ISM) Services data. NASDAQ displayed 2.60% gains as US ISM Services New Orders Index gained to 59.9, solid than the former release of 55.6. This indicates that the demand for services will remain resilient going ahead. A firmer rebound in the risk-on impulse forced the DXY to surrender its intraday gains.

This week, investors’ entire focus will remain on the US Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) data. As per the market estimates, the US economy has failed to outperform June’s job additions numbers and has added 250k jobs in the labor market in July. Also, the Unemployment Rate is seen flat at 3.6%. The commentary from big US corporate players indicated that the firms had halted their recruitment process for the remaining year, whose consequences will be displayed in the labor market data.

USD/CHF

Overview
Today last price	0.9609
Today Daily Change	0.0033
Today Daily Change %	0.34
Today daily open	0.9576

Trends
Daily SMA20	0.9686
Daily SMA50	0.968
Daily SMA100	0.9618
Daily SMA200	0.9417

Levels
Previous Daily High	0.9576
Previous Daily Low	0.9471
Previous Weekly High	0.9668
Previous Weekly Low	0.9502
Previous Monthly High	0.9886
Previous Monthly Low	0.9502
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	0.9536
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	0.9511
Daily Pivot Point S1	0.9506
Daily Pivot Point S2	0.9435
Daily Pivot Point S3	0.94
Daily Pivot Point R1	0.9612
Daily Pivot Point R2	0.9647
Daily Pivot Point R3	0.9717

Author

Sagar Dua

FXStreet

Sagar Dua is associated with the financial markets from his college days. Along with pursuing post-graduation in Commerce in 2014, he started his markets training with chart analysis.

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